Bead Sorter modified to skip aligner phase

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Credit goes to LinusB for an outstanding build! During construction and testing, several parts were modified to help bypass the aligner phase of LinusB's project. Once I complete the Arduino coding and it's up and running, this remix will be updated. The Hopper was enlarged to hold more beads, but I decided not to include the slicing feature in OpenSCAD so it has extra material compared to the original. The hole was adjusted to match the modified sequentializer plate. A tube for the sequentializer was added with extra material to install 2mm LEDs and 2mm photo transistors to detect the presence of a bead filling up the tube, which will turn off the hopper motor. The stopper has plenty of material, but I ended up sanding it to a sharper angle to help carve away beads in the Hopper as the plate turns to prevent jams. This part should be printed with high infill. The motor can reverse direction if stall current is detected and it works in both directions. The base was adjusted with a new hole to match the analyzer tube below, and extra material was added because I noticed that when the motor twisted under load, it caused binding in the Hopper when not perfectly aligned. (As a novice at OpenSCAD, I chose to use Tinkercad to create this one from importing the STL file.) The motor mount was updated as well, since I noticed the motor needed to sit deeper. An adjustable screw hole was also added.